CHAP. XLTI. 



ROSA CE.i;. RO'SA. 



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§ iv. Pimpinellifblice Lindl. 



Sect. Char.,^'c. Plants bearing crowded, nearly eqnal, prickles, or unarmed. 

 Bractless, rarely bracteate. Leaflets ovate or oblong. Sepals connivent, 

 permanent. Disk almost wanting. This section is essentially different 

 from the last in habit, but in artificial characters they approach very nearly. 

 It, however, may be distinguished by the greater number of leaflets ; 

 which vary from 7 to 13, and even to 15, instead of from 5 to 7. The 

 flowers are also universally without bracteas ; except in the R. alpina, R. 

 Sabin?', R. Doaidna, and, perhaps, R. marginata. These having connivent 

 permanent sepals, cannot be confounded with the preceding division ; nor, on 

 account of their disk, with the following. There is no instance of stipular 

 prickles in the present tribe. The sepals are entire, or nearly so, unless 

 when mentioned otherwise. (Doll's Mill., ii. p. 367.) 



sfe 20. R. ALPi^NA Lin. The Alpine Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 703. ; Don's Mill., -2. p. 567. 



Synonymes. R. rupestris Crantz Austr., 8.5. ; R. raonspeliaca Gouan ilonsp., 255. : R. infermis Mill. 



Diet., No. 6. ; R. Iiybiida Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 554. ; R. lagenJiria fill., 1. c. p. 563. ; R. biflbra Kroh. 



Fl. S//.,2. p. 157. 

 Engravings. J.icq. Fl. Austr., t. 279. ; Lindl. Bot Reg., t. 474. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 16. } Hayne Ab- 



bild., t. 34. ; and our.^^. 482. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Unarmed. Fruit elon- ^ 

 gated, pendulous. Peduncles hispid. ^ 

 {Dons Mill., ii. p. 367.) Flowers erect, /!■■;; 

 blush-coloured, solitary. Fruit orange ^ 

 red, oblong or obovate, with long se- '■*' 

 pals, generally pendulous. Native of 

 the Alps of Austria, hills in the south ^ 

 of France, Silesia, Bohemia, Dauphin^, r^| 

 Switzerland, &c. Introduced in 1683; 

 growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 

 8 ft., and flowering in June and July. 



Varieties. 



<Jt R. 

 ^ R. 



". 2 pyrenaica Lindl. Kos., p. 37 ; R. pyrenaica Gouan III., 31. t 19. ; R. alpina Jacq. 

 Hort. Schcenb., 4. p. 416. ; R. hispida Krok. Sites., 2. p. 152. ; R. turbinata I'ill. Dauph., 3. 

 p. 550. ; R. alpina S Dec. Fl. Fr., 6. p. 536. ; R. hispida and R. alpina coronSlta Desv. 

 Journ. Bot., 1813, p. 119. ? ; has the tube of the calyx and the peduncles hispid. 

 a. 3 pendidlna Lindl. 1. c, Red. Ros., 1. p. 57. t. 17. ; R. pendullna Ait. Hort. Kew , 

 Law. Ros., t. 91. ; R. a. latifbUaSer . in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 612. ; has the leaflets numerous, 

 and stems pendulous and coloured. 



a. 4 pimpinellifdlia Lindl. 1. c, Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 553. ; R. glandulbsa Bell in Act. Tarn:, 

 1790, p. 230. ; R. pygma;"a Bieb. Fl. Taur., 1. p. 397. ; R. pyrenaica /3 Smith in Rees's 

 CyclopcEdia. 



a. 5 lagenaria Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 6U., has the stem and branches glabrous; the 

 peduncles hispid; the neck of the calyx tapering ; the leaflets lanceolate or oblong, and 

 doubly and sharply serrated. It is a native of the Alps and Pyrenees. 

 a. 6 sorbinella Ser. 1. c. has the peduncles short and hispid, the calyx smooth, and the 

 leaflets distant. 



a. 7 kispidella Ser. I c, R. a. coronata Desv., has the branches armed with slender 

 recurved prickles, and the leaflets elliptic. 

 a. 8 Ite^vis Ser., but not of Desv. or Red. ; R. Sangui36rba 

 majoris, &c.. Dill. Elth. ; R. alpina glabra Desv. ; R. 

 a. vulgaris Red. Ros., 2. p. 111. ; and out fig. 483., has 

 the stem, peduncles, and calyx quite glabrous, and the 

 fruit oblong. 



a. 9 pyriformis Ser. 1. c. has the stem, &c., glabrous, and 

 the fruit pear-shaped. 



a. 10 setosa Ser., R. a. hircina Desv., has the stem smooth, 

 but the peduncles and calyxes beset with numerous long 

 yellow bristles. 



a. 11 globosa Desv. has the stem and branches smooth, 

 the peduncles and calyxes hispid, and the fruit nearly 

 globular. This variety was first called, by Desvaux, R. 

 canina amWgua ; and there is a subvariety of it with 

 dark purple petioles and branches. 



a. 12 hellebdrina Ser. is a native of Russia, and has the 

 leaflets large, approximate, and sharply and broadly 

 toothed; the three terminal ones resembling those of 

 //elleborus lividus. 



a. 13 pildsula Ser. has the peduncles pilose. 

 a. \t turbinata Desv.; i?. infermis Delaun.Bon.Jard., for 

 1808, p. 717., Red. Ros. 2. p. 93., Vil/. Dauph. 3. p. .^.W., hut not of Ait. ; R. a. fibre pl^n 



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